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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 29, 1997

                       Presidential Determination
                            No.       97-24

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Waiver of Statutory Restrictions to Permit Assistance

to Turkey

Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, I hereby determine that it is in the national security interest of the United States that assistance be furnished to Turkey without regard to the restriction in subsection (a) of section 620I.

You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination and justification to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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